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RCUD HUMAN RESOURCES <br /> 902.ri EEC 19 Pti3:0 ' <br /> OP • <br /> 655 KILAUEA AVENUE <br /> f � —, HILO,HAWAII96720 <br /> KELDEN B.A.WALTJEN Y9, PH:(808)961-0466 <br /> PROSECUTING ATTORNEY • • FAX:(808)961-8908 <br /> SHANNON M.KAGAWA 74-675 KEALAKEHE PARKWAY <br /> KAILUA-KONA,HAWAII 96740 <br /> FIRST DEPUTY rap 4 PH:(808)322-2552 <br /> PROSECUTING ATTORNEY 7NG - FAX:(808)322-6584 <br /> 64-1067 MAMALAHOA HIGHWAY,C-3 <br /> KAMUELA,HAWAII 96743 <br /> PH:(808)887-3017 <br /> OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY FAX:(808)887-3016 <br /> Statement of <br /> KELDEN B.A.WALTJEN <br /> Prosecuting Attorney, County of Hawai`i <br /> before the <br /> County of Hawaii Salary Commission <br /> Monday,December 22,2025 <br /> 10:00 a.m. <br /> Council Chambers <br /> in consideration of <br /> Proposed Salary Adjustments for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 <br /> Chair Steven Pavao,Vice-Chair Dr.Donala Kawa'auhau,and Members of the Hawaii <br /> County Salary Commission; <br /> The Office of the Prosecuting Attorney submits the following supplemental input(initial <br /> input submitted for consideration for September 24,2025 hearing)in support of salary adjustments <br /> for fiscal year 2025-2026 and beyond. <br /> 1. Appointed and elected Hawai`i County employees did not receive COVID-19 hazard pay. <br /> In October,current and separated Hawai`i County employees who worked between <br /> March 2020 and March 2022 received their COVID-19 hazard pay compensation. <br /> Unfortunately, elected and appointed employees, like our deputy prosecuting attorneys,who <br /> also worked during the same.period and whose positions often required mandatory in-person <br /> court appearances,were not compensated by Hawai`i County.At the same time, our Hawai`i <br /> State employee counterparts, such as those at the Judiciary,Department of the Attorney <br /> General, and Office of the Public Defender received hazard pay compensation from the <br /> State of Hawai`i in the amounts of$10,000 or$20,000 depending on the amount of time <br /> they worked. <br /> 2. The State Commission on Salaries and Maui Salary Commission recommended salary <br /> increases for elected and government officials. <br /> The State Commission on Salaries' March 23,2025 Reports and Recommendations <br /> to the 2025 Legislature recommended incremental increases for justices and judges of all <br /> State courts,members of the legislature,the governor and lieutenant governor,and specified <br /> SALARY COMMISSION <br /> Hawai'i Counfyis an Equal Oppo r(unity Pm wider and Employer COUNTY OF HAWAI'I <br /> Comm.No. 25404.07 <br /> Date P/December 22, 2025 <br />